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Shape of shop, dire, unfortunately (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spheroid

'shape' is the definition.
(I know that spheroid is a type of shape)

'shop dire unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'shop'+'dire'='shopdire'
'shopdire' anagrammed gives 'SPHEROID'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for spheroid that I've seen before include "Almost the shape of a ball" , "Round shape" , "Solid" , "Kind of globe, not perfectly round" , "Almost-perfect-ball shape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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